Reground camshafts and their chip are in :eek:
Took me some 6 hours to complete the operation. This was my first time I have opened anything on engine so next time should be much faster.
Car initially hunted quite badly on idle, rpm's varied from 1500 to 500 but it did not stall. After few minutes idle stabilized to 750-800. Idle quality is bit rougher, engine shakes bit more. There is also audible whine which follows engine revs coming from somewhere under the intake manifold or alternator area.
Engine stalled once when I was on "installation lap", I was climbing up small hill at steady pace when engine just died. After short check to see there was nothing fatal going on I restarted the engine and after few tries it was ok. Drove back to garage but since I had to start my 250 mile drive back to home I could not do much but hope for the best. Drive home went well, not problems at all.
As performance and driveability, there is certainly more poke on mid and high revs and the engine intake noise is more raw. Very low revs might have lost a bit of power and it is bit easier to stall the engine, should not be a problem when I get used to it and perhaps ECU is still adapting. I would say this upgrade had about the same effect on butt dyno as did previous chip only (that was +15 hp). I will take the car to same dyno as I went after installing chip. Chip manufacturer says this cam and chip combo should be good for 170 hp.
So far so good then. My only concern is the whining noise. It does not sound like metal grinding against metal and neither it sounds like chain rattle. It is pretty much something you would expect from alternator but we checked it and it was charging just fine. I have to change the belt anyways soon so I could try running the engine without alternator etc for a moment to see if it comes from there.
Stock camshafts. Notice shiny cam lobes
Reground camshafts
From this heap I try to build up 2.5" exhaust... Thingie standing up is 200 CPI metal catalysator which should flow very well
